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With his 83rd birthday right around the corner, B.B. King released his latest album, One Kind Favor . It debuted at No. 11 on Billboard's list of best-selling albums and Rolling Stone called it one of the finest works of his long career . In addition to his vocals, he has an awesome back-up band for the album: Jim Keltner (John Lennon, Mick Jagger) on drums, Nathan East (Clapton) on stand-up...
One Kind Favor isn't exactly a tribute album, but it brims with songs by such blues masters as Lemon Jefferson, Chester Burnett and T-Bone Walker - artists whose works have had an impact on King.Surrounded by a rhythm section made up of New Orleans piano great Dr. John, bassist Nathan East and drummer Jim Keltner, King recorded the 12 cuts live in the studio. Still, something about the album...
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... to record there. He also hooked me up with some of my favorite old-time session players, like Jim Keltner, who played on all those Beatles solo records. We recorded old-school and played live with not much overdubbing–and that includes the vocals. I wanted to have the energy and looseness of some of my favorite childhood records, before everything got so quantized and auto-tuned. And, because...
English guitarist James Walbourne, American pedal steel player Eric Heywood and New Zealander Nick Wilkinson on bass, were joined in the studio by veteran session drummer Jim Keltner, who filled in for Pretenders mainstay Martin Chambers. In introducing Heywood, Hynde jokingly predicted that sales of pedal steels would soar at Christmas.
English guitarist James Walbourne, American pedal steel player Eric Heywood and New Zealander Nick Wilkinson on bass, were joined in the studio by veteran session drummer Jim Keltner, who filled in for Pretenders mainstay Martin Chambers. In introducing Heywood, Hynde jokingly predicted that sales of pedal steels would soar at Christmas.
... Most of this is accomplished with a simple guitar, bass (Rene Camacho), and drums (Joachim Cooder, Jim Keltner, and Martin Pradler), but there are lovely moments when guests like accordion legend Flaco Jimenez get involved. The album gives you the feeling that there’s a wonderful story being told, and so there is. The deluxe edition of the album is encased in a book that houses a novella....
... a concrete foundation laid by the rhythm section of bassist Nick Wilkinson and legendary drummer Jim Keltner , this band allows Hynde to show off her best vocal work and songwriting since the early days of The Pretenders. The Pretenders on amazon.com The Pretenders on amazon.co.uk MySpace The Pretenders Official Website
... CD to find out who the drummer is? When I was preparing for my up and coming next record, the name Jim Keltner came up as a potential drummer. I jumped at the chance, as he played on some of my favorite records growing up (like those post-Beatles solo albums). I knew his name from studying the inside of album covers. Maybe I'm old. Maybe, in an era of manufactured pop, no one cares who the...
returns to his blues roots with the help of producer T Bone Burnett on "One Kind Favor," due Aug. 26 via Geffen. The legendary artist is backed on the effort by pianist Dr. John, drummer Jim Keltner and bassist Nathan East."I saw B.B. at the Central Forest Ballroom in Dallas in '65 or something like that," Burnett tells Billboard. "I remembered exactly how that felt and how that sounded, so...
